Edwin Diaz’s injury on Wednesday night is almost unimaginable: His knee buckled while celebrating Team Puerto Rico’s victory that put them in the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic (WBC).

The number one argument immediately following Diaz’s injury is that it came in a meaningless tournament.

No way.

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The WBC is not the Olympics. It is not the World Cup. It is not even the Ryder Cup. It probably never will be.

Do not tell the players that though.

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These games do not count in the grand scheme of things, neither does spring training. It will not help them in the playoff standings, it is not going on their Hall of Fame resumes. It may not even go on their Wikipedia page. With that, fans have deemed these contests as “fake games.”

Well, the players are sure showing a lot of true emotion for something that apparently isn’t real.

Mike Trout has played in the majors for over 10 seasons – he said recently that the WBC is the most fun he has had playing in years.

Trout gave Team USA the lead for good on Wednesday night with a two-run single, and his reaction was as if it was the biggest hit of his career. For Trough, it probably was as 30,000 Americans were chanting “USA” with the game’s best player at the dish in a tournament where almost every game has been sold out. 

Who wouldn’t cherish that moment?

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Watch Trout’s reaction following his two-run single on Wednesday:

No player grows up dreaming of playing in the WBC – it is always about the World Series. However, every player would take the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to represent their country on the diamond as a badge of honor. Adrian Beltre even returned from an injury early in order to participate in 2017 – one year before he retired.

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